Writing the Pine

Please Larry Brown

Speed up the offense.  Please.  It’s painful to watch the Charlotte Bobcats execute on offense.  Really.  I’d rather watch the WNBA Draft.  The halfcourt offense is anemic.  I don’t understand why Larry Brown can’t speed it up a bit.  They have a bunch of players who have been successful in more up-tempo systems. 

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An Early Look at the Madness

Ah yes, March Madness is finally here.  A time for Cinderellas, upsets, and a bunch of college kids enjoying the time of their lives.  And for me, a reminder of how bad North Carolina was this year.  I’ll be posting a more in-depth look at the field later on but here are my early thoughts [...]

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UNC vs NCCU – Game Thoughts

A much better performance tonight by North Carolina albeit against a much weaker team.  It was worrisome early as the Eagles kept up right out the gates but the boys in blue ended the game on an absurd 70-22 run.  Some thoughts: UNC outrebounded FIU by 21.  They outrebounded NCCU by 26.  But it seemed like [...]

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NBA 2k10 Reviewed (Xbox 360)

Like for many of you, NBA Live was my basketball game of choice in the ‘90s. It helped that it was also the only NBA game to play but that’s beside the point. PC was my platform of choice mainly because I did not own a PlayStation but it was awesome to play on the [...]

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